Trump and Harris Commemorate Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel
The former president joined Jewish leaders in New York and Miami, while the vice president observed the anniversary by planting a tree in her garden.
Former President Donald Trump joined Jewish leaders in New York and Miami on Oct. 7, a year after Hamas terrorists unleashed “an attack on humanity itself,” he said.
As the Republican nominee seeks to regain the presidency in the Nov. 5 election, he repeated his past pledge.
“Here is my commitment to you on the solemn date,” he told an audience at the Trump National Doral in Miami.
“I will not allow the Jewish state to be threatened with destruction. I will not allow another Holocaust of the Jewish people. I will not allow a jihad to be waged on America or our allies. And I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror.”
About 1,200 people died, and 250 others were taken hostage in the attack on southern Israel; many victims were sexually assaulted and tortured.
Trump also promised to defend the Jewish population in America and to combat antisemitism, which has been on the rise as some people, particularly college students, protest against Israel.
Meanwhile, Trump’s Democratic political opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, said she would continue efforts to release people that terrorists were still holding captive.
Harris, whose husband Doug Emhoff is Jewish, said she wants to “relieve the immense suffering of innocent Palestinians in Gaza who have experienced so much pain and loss over the year.”
The couple planted a pomegranate tree, a symbol of hope in Judaism, outside their residence.
